Epidendrum Julien Cedric Anne Aechmea ruffled lip with a vivid

ruffled lip with a vivid yellow throat and a bold

downward-curving lightly spotted lobes

Requires cool to intermediate conditions

especially considering the epiphytic nature of Acineta and the cloud forest origins of many Lueddemannia

The vigorous habit and adaptable temperament reward growers with successive blooms when given intermediate conditions and consistent care

Epidendrum Julien Cedric Anne Aechmea ruffled lip with a vividA primary hybrid of Epi. medusae Epi. kockii, combining the dramatic densely fringed lip of Epi. medusae with the large, broad, reticulate mottled flowers and velvety surface texture of Epi. kockii. The result is an extraordinarily striking bloom with wide, spreading sepals and petals covered in a dense, velvety texture, and a large, deeply concave, densely fringed lip with long, rigid fringe margins and a prominent dark callus at its center. Light: